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The album won them a wider acclaim than they'd ever enjoyed before, with European music fans getting their first real taste for the band.

Which explains, perhaps, the title - it's her lucky number.

It amazes me, how much tolerance I can have for our own music.

The album won them a wider acclaim than they'd ever enjoyed before, with European music fans getting their first real taste for the band.

This shift in tone should not come as a surprise - as long-term observers will testify, a restlessness, a questing desire for change and for artistic expression has been a constant throughout the band's career.

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Taking their name from a song by New York No Wave artists DNA, the band began playing and rehearsing in New York, drawing inspiration from the city's squalling underground scene, from movie soundtracks, everywhere they could.

It got intense.

But I never get tired of our songs.

Their plan was to be more spontaneous in their song-writing, to aim for simplicity and clarity, and not to over-analyse what they created.

The band's swansong for Touch And Go - 's Melody Of Certain Damaged Lemons - marked a turning point in the group's sound, and also in their fortunes.